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book⋅mark

[book-mahrk]
–noun
1. a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
2. a bookplate.

Origin:
1860–65; book + mark 1
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book·mark   (bŏŏk'märk')   
n.  A strip of material, as of ribbon or leather, or a metal clamp, that is placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry:  bookmark
Part of Speech:  v
Definition:  to record the location (URL) of a favorite Web site to allow quick access in the future
Example:  She bookmarked several news pages for reading them each morning.
Usage:  computing; bookmarked, bookmarking; bookmark n
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Slang Dictionary
bookmark

  1. tv.
    to make a note of something, mental or written. (From the concept of bookmarking web pages.) : That's a good thought. I'll bookmark that.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

bookmark World-Wide Web
A user's reference to a document on the World-Wide Web or other hypermedia system, usually in the form of a URL and a title or comment string.
Most World-Wide Web and Gopher browsers can save and load a file of bookmarks to allow you to quickly locate documents to which you want to refer again.
(1997-06-09)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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